Flooding Help for Communities

20th February 2014

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Whilst the storms and bad weather seem to have eased, widespread flooding is still expected.

Last week, David Cameron announced measures to help families, businesses and farmer who have been affected by the floods:

£5000 "repair and renew" grant topping up money received from insurers
Affected companies will receive 100% business rate relief for 3 months and an extra 3 months to pay their business taxes.
£10 million fund for farmers suffering water-logged fields to help restore land to farmable condition as quickly as possible
£750 million from major banks to provide financial support to business and individual customers affected by the floods
£31 million for 10 rail resilience projects and £30 million for local authorities in England for road maintenance required due to the severe weather
The government also pledged an additional £130 million for critical flood defences.

How can you be more prepared?

Click Here for National Severe Weather Warnings

Visit the Environment Agency Website to find out if your area is at risk of flooding - it is updated every 15 minutes.

Follow the environment agency on Twitter @envagency this will give you the latest news and information.

On Facebook - register your postcode at FloodAlerts to get flood warnings in England and Wales

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